Measure
Snapshot
United States
Ranked 1 of 26 for comprehensive power, with an overall score of 80.7 out of 100.
Lost 1.5 points (−2% change) in overall score in 2023.
Lost 1.5 points (−2% change) in overall score in 2023.
The United States is a superpower in Asia.
After defying its continued downward trend to record its first annual gain in comprehensive power in 2021, the United States’ overall score declined by 1.5 points in 2022, its lowest score in any edition of the Asia Power Index.
The United States continues to place first in six of the eight measures. As in 2021, it leads the Index in future resources, resilience, defence networks, cultural influence, and military capability. In 2022, China overtook the United States in the diplomatic influence measure, but the United States offset this loss by gaining first position in the economic capability measure.
The decline in US diplomatic influence in 2022 is the result of more tempered expert opinion about the performance of the Biden administration in the Indo-Pacific.
The country’s first-place ranking for economic capability is partly the result of weakening scores for China due to the country’s strict zero-Covid policies in 2022.
The United States still exerts less influence in the region than expected given its available resources, as indicated by the country’s negative power gap score. While the United States is a net underachiever in Asia, its negative power gap continued to improve in 2022.
Read more analysis in the Key Findings report. Explore further results in the Scores section.
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A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power
Economic size and attributes with the most geopolitical relevance
Conventional military strength
Capacity to deter real or potential threats to state stability
Projected distribution of future economic, military and demographic resources
The capacity to exercise influence and leverage through economic interdependencies
Defence partnerships that act as force multipliers of military capability
The extent and standing of a state’s foreign relations
Ability to shape international public opinion through cultural appeal and interaction